Note to Readers: The following excerpt is taken from: It only took 20 years, but the Strategic Management Society now Believes the Lean Startup is a Strategy by Steve Blank . His publications and research have profoundly influenced developing social enterprises. Steve Blank is an American entrepreneur, educator, author and speaker. He created the customer development method that launched the lean startup movement. His work has influenced modern entrepreneurship through the c

WHAT “Circular Economy (CE) is widely recognized as the new economic model aiming to maintain the value of materials, parts, and products as long as possible, minimize the extraction and use of virgin resources and waste generation using design strategies that slow the flow of resources, close loops between production and post-use, and increase resource efficiency.” WHY It can be used to Operationalize or Build out one or more of the Four Dimensions of a Social Enterprise CE

NOTE TO READERS: The following article on Reforming Health Care in Scotland offers excellent real world advice to Social Entrepreneurs for getting Strategy Right. Reforming Health And Care In Scotland: Getting Strategy Right By Being Properly Strategic – Peter Williamson EXCERPTS (Edited for length) “What follows are five proposed steps to improve the way the development of health strategy is pursued in Scotland, followed by consideration of what at heart is fundamental to ma

Note to reader: Noted entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki observed ““Fundamental in a company, when you cut out all the bullshit, there are only...

“The book Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life , by Terrence Deal and Allan Kennedy. points out that every company...

NOTE TO READERS Isaac Asimov was the author of over 500 books on a wide range of subjects. Social Entrepreneurs are challenged to be...

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